Thursday, June 29, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/29/2023 NEWSDUMP WEEK RUSSIA SAYS KRAMATORSK STRIKE TOOK OUT UKRAINIAN OFFICERS, FOREIGN MERCENARIES, POLICE BLOCK DUTCH FARMERS PROTEST, PLASTICS BAN IN NEW ZEALAND STARTING SATURDAY

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                   LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




Jewish organizations in the US pleased with today's US Supreme Court decision regarding religious accommodation.



In a unanimous decision the justices ruled that a Christian mail carrier who did not wish to work on Sundays had to be accommodated...JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY-TIMES OF ISRAEL






'GREEN' ACTIVIST GRETA THUNBERG IN KIEV TODAY MEETING WITH UKRAINE'S PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY.


THUNBERG USED TO SPOTLIGHT THE NOTION OF 'ECOCIDE' CAUSED BY THE RECENT COLLAPSE OF A HYDOELECTRIC DAM IN UKRAINE FOLLOWING WHAT RUSSIA SAYS WAS A UKRAINIAN ATTACK...TWITTER VIDEO





The Russian military in Syria says that a US-led coalition drone approached one of its bases in Aleppo Province.      The Russians say this is a violation of deconfliction protocol...TASS RUSSIA




IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA FORMER SHERIFF'S DEPUTY SCOT PETERSON FOUND NOT GUILTY IN CONNECTION WITH HIS RESPONSE TO THE DEADLY ATTACK AT PARKLAND HIGH SCHOOL IN 2018.



PETERSON ACCUSED OF CHILD NEGLECT FOR NOT GOING INTO THE SCHOOL DURING THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 17 AND WOUNDED 17 OTHERS...BBC NEWS



The Russian Ministry of Defense says that two Ukrainian generals, 50 other Ukrainian officers and around 20 foreign mercenaries died in the strike on Kramatorsk this week.



Western Mainstream Media reports on the Kramatorsk strike spoke of civilian casualties in the attack both dead and wounded including children...SOUTHFRONT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




IN BAGHDAD PROTESTORS STORMING INTO THE COURTYARD OF SWEDEN'S EMBASSY.


OUTRAGE OVER YESTERDAY'S KORAN BURNING INCIDENT OUTSIDE A MOSQUE IN STOCKHOLM...BBC NEWS





China's currency the Yuan figuring in Argentina's efforts to meet its financial obligations.   


A 2.7 billion US Dollar payment due tomorrow will be covered in part by 800 million dollars worth of Yuan.


Argentina trying to maintain its Dollar reserve.  


Negotiations continue with the International Monetary Fund on financial support for Argentina...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





The markets today.



The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 269.76 points


The NASDAQ almost steady down .42 points.


At 428 pm New York Time the price of oil up 23 cents at 69 dollars and 79 cents a barrel...MARKETWATCH







              FULL TWO HOUR, 24 MINUTE VIDEO OF PROTEST AND                                 SPEECHES  IN DUTCH PARLIAMENT THURSDAY 6/29/2023





VIDEO STREAM SHOWING PROTESTERS ATTEMPT TO REACH PARLIAMENT






A farmers protest in The Hague today as the Dutch government intends to impose nitrogren cow gas limits on farmers following the breakdown of talks.




Another activist group joined in the demonstration.


Police stopping some protesters from reaching the parliament building including the use of buses to block streets.


Seven arrests were made.


Inside parliament a debate underway on agricultural policy...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





THE US SUPREME COURT HAS RULED REGARDING RACE BASED COLLEGE ADMISSIONS.




THE RULINGS AGAINST RACIAL ADMISSIONS POLICIES AT HARVARD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.


A 6-3 RULING AGAINST HARVARD CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND CONSERVATIVES IN THE MAJORITY, LIBERALS IN THE MINORITY.    


A 6-2 RULING AGAINST HARVARD WITH LIBERAL JUSTICE KETANJI  BROWN JACKSON RECUSING HERSELF...THE HILL...



JOE BIDEN APPEARED BEFORE THE MEDIA AT THE WHITE HOUSE TO DISAGREE WITH THE DECISION.





In the UK the Court of Appeal ruling against a government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.



Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the decision will be appealed...BBC NEWS




US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER JAKE SULLIVAN COMPLANING TO ISRAELI OFFICIALS ALLEGING ISRAEL LEAKED INFORMATION REGARDING US TALKS WITH IRAN...TIMES OF ISRAEL




PROTESTS CONTINUE AFTER POLICE KILLING OF TEENAGER IN FRANCE

                                     (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)




There have been isolated incidents in several French cities tonight some arson attacks with police making arrests and breaking up demonstrations deemed too violent.



There have also been incidents of looting.



421 arrests reported as of early Friday morning with curfews imposed in some areas.



Today the mother of the teenage police shooting victim in a march starting from the police headquarters in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.



Six thousand participated in the demonstration.   There were some tensions at the edges of the protest.



After criticizing the shooting as not being justified, French President Emmanuel Macron saying that violent protest on the streets is not justified.



In France on Wednesday more than 100 arrests and injuries to dozens of police during the rioting over the death of "Nahel" a teenage motorist shot by police in the Paris suburb of Nanterre.



The officer who fired the shots in custody a prosecutor saying the conditions for use of firearms were not met.


Today that officer charged with intentional homicide...




BFM-TV FRANCE LIVE BLOG (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




GREEN POLICY ROLLING OUT IN NEW ZEALAND WITH THE LATEST PHASE OF A PLASTICS BAN STARTING ON SATURDAY.



PLASTIC PRODUCE BAGS WILL BE PROHIBITED ALONG WITH PLASTIC PLATES, BOWLS AND CUTLERY.



PLASTIC STRAWS ALSO BANNED WITH AN EXCEPTION BEING MADE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.


NEW ZEALAND STARTED TO END THE USE OF PLASTICS WITH A PLASTIC GROCERY BAG BAN IN 2019...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND





China says resumption of high-level military contacts with the US depends on the US backing down from sanctions unilaterally imposed on China...BLOOMBERG




Joe Biden is now using a CPAP machine to deal with sleep apnea.



The White House saying Biden has a medical history with sleep apnea since 2008...AAP-THE NEW DAILY AUSTRALIA




POLITICS IN THE USA A FOX NEWS POLL OF THE POLITICAL CONTESTS IN BOTH MAJOR PARTIES FOR PRESIDENT.



AMONG REPUBLICANS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT 56 PERCENT, FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AT 22 PERCENT AND FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AT 4 PERCRNT.



IN THE DEMOCRAT CONTEST JOE BIDEN AT 64 PERCENT, ROBERT. F. KENNEDY JR. AT 17 PERCENT AND MARIANNE WILLIAMSON AT 10 PERCENT...REAL CLEAR POLITICS LATEST POLLS







   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA



          CONSTATNT FIGHTING ON EASTERN FRONT


                    TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED



An officer in Russia's Lugansk Region says there is constant fighting near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) as Ukraine continues its offensive...TASS RUSSIA...Denis Pushilin, the leading official in the Donetsk Region, says Russian forces remain in full control of the area... TASS RUSSIA





In other news...





The Health Council in the Netherlands designating groups to be offered COVID shots this fall. 



Those over 60, pregnant woman and people belonging to a 'risk group' are to be offered the COVID vaccine...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)













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